Two people have been 'seriously injured' after an Audi hatchback with SIX people inside crashed into traffic lights on a slip road of the M60 motorway, police said today.
28.06.2024 - 16:01 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
As the digger rolled through the gates, a chant went up among the crowd. “Shame on you, MMU,” more than 30 Chorlton residents yelled in unison.
They then fell silent and could only watch “in horror” as the machinery whirred through the dense tangle of brambles and vegetation beyond a mesh fence - over land they’ve been trying to protect for more than 25 years.
The group gathered outside the Ryebank Fields this morning (June 28) to protest a controversial development plan for the ‘beloved’ and ‘naturally rewilded’ green space on the border of South Manchester.
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Though the land is owned by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), locals have long laid claim to the space as it was left to grow wild since the 1990s.
On Friday morning MMU contractors arrived on the site with fencing, diggers and a police presence. They wanted to move forward with plans to build 120 homes with the help of developers Step Places and Southway Housing.
A spokesperson for MMU noted the works were “for surveying purposes only and are not related to construction”, as no planning application has been submitted to Manchester City Council yet.
A spokesperson for the Save Ryebank Fields campaign said: "We are not only acting to protect the wildlife that live here but also public health. This land is next to residential homes, a primary school and a public park."
Jo, a local involved with Friends of RyeBank Fields, was nearly in tears as she told the LDRS: “I feel really emotional. Some of us have spent decades wandering around there and it’s sad that once again corporate interests seem to trample all over wildlife and people who just want to enjoy and protect a beautiful, natural
Two people have been 'seriously injured' after an Audi hatchback with SIX people inside crashed into traffic lights on a slip road of the M60 motorway, police said today.
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